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Lesson Plan March 13 2006

Using Primary Documents: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Background, Activities and Critical Analysis By Doug DuBrin, an English and history teacher as…
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Lesson Plan June 10 2004

You don't need a seismograph to study earthquakes - Lesson Plan
By Kevin F. Corrigan Frederick Douglass Charter High School Boston, Mass. Subjects Ea…
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Death Toll in Turkey Quake Rises, Dozens Missing
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit the nation of Turkey killing at least 279 people and injuring more t…
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Scientists fish for data in the waters around Fukushima
DOWNLOAD VIDEO In March 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the island nation of Jap…
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Researchers Prepare for West Coast Quake
An magnitude 5.9 earthquake recently struck off the coast of Oregon, with no major impact on the st…
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Fukushima Survivor Discusses Emotional Toll
On March 11, 2011, the most powerful earthquake in Japan's history killed thousands of people and d…
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How Do You Protect Against a Tsunami?
Months after an earthquake and tsunami devastated the northeast coast of Japan, scientists are hard…
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Haitian Officials Announce Vote Recount Amid Protests
In addition to its recovery from a devastating earthquake and a cholera epidemic, the Caribbean isl…
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Japan Works to Stop Leak of Radioactive Water
Download video After a massive earthquake in Japan damaged the Fukushima nuclear plant in M…
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Fukushima "Ice Wall" Plans to Stop Radioactive Water Contamination
Download video After the Fukushima nuclear plant was damaged in a massive Japanese earthq…
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